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Ordinance No. 2004- BE IT ORDAINED by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 66, Subdivision Regulations, of the Code of Ordinances, Cabarrus County, North Carolina is hereby repealed and the following Cabarms County Subdivision Ordinance is hereby adopted. /Chan~e.,, to the (n ~am~anon of t~ne o~dmance (7 e charger and se~tmn numbering) ate bem~ made to create ~.-..~,~ ~o us~ o,'~h~an~~CHAPTER ~_.1. ~-N-GENE~L PROVISIONS Section 55 1. Title of chapter This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Cabarrus County Subdivision Rcgule, tionsOrdinance, and may be referred to as the Subdivision Regulations or Ordinance. Section 55 2. Purpose of chapter The procedures and standards for the development and subdivision of real property for residential, industrial, institutional, or commercial purposes and the surveying and platting thereof, as adopted and prescribed in this Ordinance, are hereby found by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County to be nec.essary and a. ppropriate in order to partially implement the County's Land Development Guide and the Small Area Plans. In doing so, these regulations shall: 1) aid in promoting the orderly development of the County and safeguard conditions essential to public health, safety, and the general welfare; 2) provide space for safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within Cabarrus County; 3) promote safe and sanitary environmental conditions, proper planning, adequate light, air and space, safe and sanitary design and arrangements, supply sanitary facilities, and existence of conditions which enhance life or property, and hinder damage by fire or other causes of destruction; 4) provide for suitable neighborhoods with adequate streets, utilities and appropriate building sites; 5) save unnecessary expenditures of public funds by reserving space for public lands and buildings including the dedication or reservation of recreation areas a~d school sites, or fees in lieu of, to serve residents of the immediate neighborhood within the subdivision and to provide sufficient streets with adequate width and with proper alignment and grade for the coordination of utilities, planned streets and highways and other public facilities, and to facilitate adequate and orderly communication and travel within and between communities; 6) provide proper land records for title convenience of the public and for better identification and permanent location of real property boundaries; and,